Clark! Now, of course, we could find this
information in a book or on the Internet,
but to have experienced it for ourselves
breathed life into the words we had read
and made a tangible connection between
east and west.

You might get the impression from what
I’ve written that we school by the seat of
our pants, but we don’t. We follow the
trivium or classical homeschooling. I
put our curriculum together using items
from Memoria Press, Rod and Staff,
Chalk Dust, and a few others. It makes
for a lot of books and added weight (as
Jim keeps reminding me), so I give up
other things, like extra clothing and pots
and pans (I have one frying pan and two
pots).

In May we left Virginia and moved north
to Maine—a place I have longed to see
since childhood. And it is here, sitting
in a library, where I am writing this
story. All in all, we are very happy with
our decision to shake the dust from our
suburban feet and set out on our gypsy
adventure, but I would be remiss to leave
you thinking it’s all sunshine and roses.

There are trials and frustrations as well.
Imagine trying to feed six people with an
Easy Bake Oven. It’s been over two years
since I’ve showered without wearing
flip-flops. And you don’t even want the
smelly details of sewage dumping. Living
in a 35-foot camper doesn’t afford much
privacy or alone time and the children do
bemoan the loss of their bedrooms, but
the bonding which has occurred during
this unusual time in their lives and ours is
worth all the inconveniences.

I’ve often been asked how long we plan
to continue living in this peculiar way,
and I still don’t have an answer. But soon
we’ll be with our family again as the
daughter I mentioned earlier is due to
have our first grandchild in November,
and you never know what changes that
may bring. But God has been faithful
and giving beyond what we deserve. He
fulfilled the desires of our hearts, and
whether it is His will for us to travel on or
settle down, we want to be obedient.

M. A. Foxworthy is the author
of the dystopian YA novella The
Village Green and the soon-to-be released Prophecy of Mary
Anne. She lives and travels
full-time with her family in a

35-foot travel trailer. When she
is not teaching her four children,
she enjoys writing , reading , and
sightseeing.